Greg Gross was born on Friday, August 1, 1952, in York, Pennsylvania. Gross was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 5, 1973, with the Houston Astros. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Greg Gross baseball stats page.
"He's (Greg Gross) got more concentration than any rookie I've ever seen. He's got an eye at the plate like Joe Morgan and a great realization of the strike zone." - Teammate Bob Watson in Baseball Digest (November 1974)
Greg GrossGreg Gross Autograph on a 1981 Fleer Baseball Card (#18) |
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Greg GrossGreg Gross Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
1986 | 34 | Phillies | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
1989 | 37 | Astros | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
2 Years | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 10.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Greg GrossGreg Gross Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1973 | 21 | Astros | 14 | 39 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .231 | .302 | .333 |
1974 | 22 | Astros | 156 | 589 | 78 | 185 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 76 | 4 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 13 | .314 | .393 | .377 |
1975 | 23 | Astros | 132 | 483 | 67 | 142 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 63 | 1 | 37 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 11 | .294 | .373 | .364 |
1976 | 24 | Astros | 128 | 426 | 52 | 122 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 64 | 3 | 39 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 8 | .286 | .375 | .329 |
1977 | 25 | Cubs | 115 | 239 | 43 | 77 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 33 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | .322 | .397 | .460 |
1978 | 26 | Cubs | 124 | 347 | 34 | 92 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 33 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | .265 | .323 | .349 |
1979 | 27 | Phillies | 111 | 174 | 21 | 58 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .422 | .402 |
1980 | 28 | Phillies | 127 | 154 | 19 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .240 | .346 | .312 |
1981 | 29 | Phillies | 83 | 102 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .225 | .319 | .304 |
1982 | 30 | Phillies | 119 | 134 | 14 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .299 | .386 | .328 |
1983 | 31 | Phillies | 136 | 245 | 25 | 74 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 34 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .302 | .385 | .376 |
1984 | 32 | Phillies | 112 | 202 | 19 | 65 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 24 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .322 | .393 | .376 |
1985 | 33 | Phillies | 93 | 169 | 21 | 44 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 32 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .260 | .374 | .314 |
1986 | 34 | Phillies | 87 | 101 | 11 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .248 | .379 | .297 |
1987 | 35 | Phillies | 114 | 133 | 14 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 25 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .286 | .395 | .353 |
1988 | 36 | Phillies | 98 | 133 | 10 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .203 | .291 | .211 |
1989 | 37 | Astros | 60 | 75 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .310 | .200 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
17 Years | 1,809 | 3,745 | 449 | 1,073 | 130 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 308 | 523 | 51 | 250 | 40 | 39 | 8 | 90 | .287 | .372 | .351 |
Greg GrossGreg Gross Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1973 Astros | CF | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1973 Astros | LF | 5 | 5 | 132 | 10 | 2.0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.05 |
1973 Astros | RF | 3 | 3 | 78 | 4 | 1.3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.38 |
1974 Astros | LF | 56 | 4 | 435 | 36 | 0.6 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.23 |
1974 Astros | RF | 143 | 141 | 3,495 | 278 | 1.9 | 276 | 260 | 16 | 2 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .993 | 2.13 |
1975 Astros | LF | 61 | 61 | 1,587 | 117 | 1.9 | 113 | 106 | 7 | 4 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .966 | 1.92 |
1975 Astros | RF | 60 | 59 | 1,596 | 126 | 2.1 | 120 | 114 | 6 | 6 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .952 | 2.03 |
1976 Astros | RF | 115 | 110 | 2,943 | 229 | 2.0 | 224 | 211 | 13 | 5 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .978 | 2.06 |
1977 Cubs | CF | 25 | 20 | 564 | 52 | 2.1 | 52 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.49 |
1977 Cubs | LF | 40 | 28 | 774 | 44 | 1.1 | 43 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .977 | 1.50 |
1977 Cubs | RF | 9 | 4 | 111 | 12 | 1.3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.92 |
1978 Cubs | CF | 71 | 56 | 1,473 | 132 | 1.9 | 130 | 127 | 3 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .985 | 2.38 |
1978 Cubs | LF | 41 | 15 | 573 | 45 | 1.1 | 43 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .956 | 2.03 |
1978 Cubs | RF | 12 | 5 | 186 | 14 | 1.2 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.03 |
1979 Phillies | CF | 19 | 11 | 369 | 43 | 2.3 | 42 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .977 | 3.07 |
1979 Phillies | LF | 50 | 15 | 567 | 44 | 0.9 | 43 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .977 | 2.05 |
1979 Phillies | RF | 11 | 3 | 114 | 7 | 0.6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.66 |
1980 Phillies | 1B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 9.00 |
1980 Phillies | CF | 14 | 6 | 195 | 14 | 1.0 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .929 | 1.80 |
1980 Phillies | LF | 58 | 8 | 540 | 35 | 0.6 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.75 |
1980 Phillies | RF | 26 | 7 | 294 | 28 | 1.1 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .964 | 2.48 |
1981 Phillies | CF | 4 | 1 | 60 | 6 | 1.5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.70 |
1981 Phillies | LF | 14 | 2 | 114 | 9 | 0.6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.13 |
1981 Phillies | RF | 38 | 8 | 432 | 44 | 1.2 | 43 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .977 | 2.69 |
1982 Phillies | CF | 12 | 7 | 192 | 18 | 1.5 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.53 |
1982 Phillies | LF | 49 | 0 | 213 | 18 | 0.4 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .944 | 2.15 |
1982 Phillies | RF | 18 | 8 | 264 | 20 | 1.1 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.05 |
1983 Phillies | 1B | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 4.50 |
1983 Phillies | CF | 28 | 19 | 423 | 36 | 1.3 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .972 | 2.23 |
1983 Phillies | LF | 78 | 27 | 936 | 60 | 0.8 | 60 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.73 |
1983 Phillies | RF | 26 | 5 | 204 | 8 | 0.3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.06 |
1984 Phillies | 1B | 28 | 12 | 393 | 140 | 5.0 | 139 | 128 | 11 | 1 | 9 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .993 | 9.55 |
1984 Phillies | CF | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1984 Phillies | LF | 30 | 11 | 330 | 32 | 1.1 | 31 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .969 | 2.54 |
1984 Phillies | RF | 20 | 16 | 369 | 32 | 1.6 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.34 |
1985 Phillies | 1B | 8 | 1 | 66 | 22 | 2.8 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 9.00 |
1985 Phillies | LF | 46 | 26 | 768 | 41 | 0.9 | 41 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.44 |
1985 Phillies | RF | 9 | 5 | 126 | 9 | 1.0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.93 |
1986 Phillies | 1B | 5 | 1 | 45 | 10 | 2.0 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 6.00 |
1986 Phillies | CF | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1986 Phillies | LF | 21 | 6 | 252 | 21 | 1.0 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.25 |
1986 Phillies | P | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1986 Phillies | RF | 6 | 3 | 90 | 10 | 1.7 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 3.00 |
1987 Phillies | 1B | 11 | 1 | 57 | 21 | 1.9 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 9.95 |
1987 Phillies | LF | 50 | 15 | 579 | 35 | 0.7 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.63 |
1987 Phillies | RF | 1 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.29 |
1988 Phillies | 1B | 14 | 9 | 267 | 93 | 6.6 | 92 | 86 | 6 | 1 | 13 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .989 | 9.30 |
1988 Phillies | LF | 20 | 4 | 177 | 7 | 0.4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.07 |
1988 Phillies | RF | 19 | 4 | 162 | 16 | 0.8 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.67 |
1989 Astros | 1B | 6 | 3 | 81 | 25 | 4.2 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 8.33 |
1989 Astros | LF | 5 | 3 | 84 | 4 | 0.8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .750 | 0.96 |
1989 Astros | P | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1989 Astros | RF | 7 | 4 | 111 | 9 | 1.3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.19 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
LF Totals | 624 | 230 | 8,061 | 558 | 0.9 | 547 | 520 | 27 | 11 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .980 | 1.83 | |
RF Totals | 523 | 386 | 10,596 | 847 | 1.6 | 832 | 783 | 49 | 15 | 14 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .982 | 2.12 | |
CF Totals | 176 | 121 | 3,309 | 301 | 1.7 | 296 | 290 | 6 | 5 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .983 | 2.42 | |
1B Totals | 74 | 27 | 918 | 313 | 4.2 | 311 | 286 | 25 | 2 | 26 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .994 | 9.15 | |
P Totals | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 | |
17 Years | 1,399 | 764 | 22,889 | 2,019 | 1.4 | 1,986 | 1,879 | 107 | 33 | 43 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .984 | 2.34 |
Greg GrossGreg Gross Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1973 Astros | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 9.8 | 39.0 | - | - | - |
1974 Astros | 12 | 20 | .375 | 7 | 1 | n/a | 0.0 | 15.1 | 16.4 | - | - | - |
1975 Astros | 2 | 2 | .500 | 12 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 13.1 | 11.8 | - | - | - |
1976 Astros | 2 | 6 | .250 | 15 | 1 | n/a | 0.0 | 10.9 | 15.8 | - | - | - |
1977 Cubs | 0 | 1 | .000 | 51 | 2 | n/a | 47.8 | 12.6 | 7.5 | - | - | - |
1978 Cubs | 3 | 1 | .750 | 32 | 2 | n/a | 347.0 | 18.3 | 8.9 | - | - | - |
1979 Phillies | 5 | 2 | .714 | 55 | 3 | n/a | 0.0 | 34.8 | 11.6 | - | - | - |
1980 Phillies | 1 | 1 | .500 | 50 | 5 | n/a | 0.0 | 22.0 | 12.8 | - | - | - |
1981 Phillies | 2 | 2 | .500 | 44 | 2 | n/a | 0.0 | 20.4 | 14.6 | - | - | - |
1982 Phillies | 4 | 3 | .571 | 67 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 16.8 | 13.4 | - | - | - |
1983 Phillies | 3 | 5 | .375 | 46 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 15.3 | 8.4 | - | - | - |
1984 Phillies | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 60 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 18.4 | 12.6 | - | - | - |
1985 Phillies | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 51 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 18.8 | 12.1 | - | - | - |
1986 Phillies | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 68 | 1 | n/a | 0.0 | 9.2 | 12.6 | 2.00 | 26.99 | 13.49 |
1987 Phillies | 0 | 0 | .000 | 74 | 0 | n/a | 133.0 | 11.1 | 11.1 | - | - | - |
1988 Phillies | 0 | 0 | .000 | 65 | 1 | n/a | 0.0 | 44.3 | 26.6 | - | - | - |
1989 Astros | 0 | 0 | .000 | 46 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 12.5 | 18.8 | 1.00 | 9.00 | 9.00 |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
17 Years | 39 | 44 | .470 | 748 | 18 | n/a | 535.0 | 15.0 | 12.2 | 1.50 | 16.20 | 10.80 |
Greg GrossGreg Gross Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1973 Houston Astros | 21 | $15,000.00 | - | - |
1974 Houston Astros | 21 | $15,000.00 | - | - |
1975 Houston Astros | 21 | $16,000.00 | - | - |
1976 Houston Astros | 21 | Undetermined | - | - |
1977 Chicago Cubs | 21 | $60,000.00 | - | - |
1978 Chicago Cubs | 21 | Undetermined | - | - |
1979 Philadelphia Phillies | 23 | Undetermined | - | - |
1980 Philadelphia Phillies | 23 | Undetermined | - | Stats |
1981 Philadelphia Phillies | 23 | Undetermined | - | - |
1982 Philadelphia Phillies | 21 | Undetermined | - | - |
1983 Philadelphia Phillies | 21 | Undetermined | - | Stats |
1984 Philadelphia Phillies | 21 | Undetermined | - | - |
1985 Philadelphia Phillies | 21 | $350,000.00 | - | - |
1986 Philadelphia Phillies | 21 | $375,000.00 | - | - |
1987 Philadelphia Phillies | 21 | $420,000.00 | - | - |
1988 Philadelphia Phillies | 21 | $320,000.00 | - | - |
1989 Houston Astros | 6 | Undetermined | - | - |
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